As the stage lights dim and the Baptist Collegiate Ministries worship team takes their place on stage, Newton Chapel fills with students preparing to worship the Lord at Baptist Collegiate Ministries at their weekly Thursday evening meeting.
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Newton Chapel repairs displace student groups
By Precious Clark | November 21Throughout the years at Mercer University, Newton Chapel has been more than just a campus landmark; it has also been a symbol of cherished memories, whether that be wedding ceremonies, worship nights or, once a year, Freshman Sunday Introduction to Mercer.
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Students campaign for coltan awareness, host electronic recycling drive
By Precious Clark | November 21Through a research campaign focused on teaching students about electronic waste and how to prevent additional mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a trio of Mercer students presented information on the humanitarian costs of producing many technological devices with elements found in cobalt in the CSC Breezeway on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025.
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MU Runway casting kickstarts countdown to spring fashion show
By Hannah Mock | November 19MU Runway, Mercer’s fashion-forward student organization on campus, held casting calls this week for the club's most popular event, the spring fashion show. The club searched for models, makeup artists, hair dressers and crew members. Aspiring models showed off their runway walks and stuck poses in front of MU Runway’s executive committee in Toney Auditorium.
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Mercer Young Democrats hosts memorial for gun violence victims
By Lenka Anuraj | November 19Mercer Young Democrats held a moment of silence, student speeches and prompted a call to action at a memorial for gun violence victims on Tuesday, Nov. 18. About a dozen students attended the service that organizers said was meant to honor victims of gun violence across the United States while also confronting the logistics behind gun control.
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Mercer and Wesleyan volunteers weed out 'fearsome five' invasive species
By Nathaniel Jordan | November 18Birds Georgia and Georgia Native Plant Society co-organized a program that taught 15 people from Mercer University and Wesleyan College how to remove invasive plant species from Wesleyan’s arboretum in the Fearsome Five Invasive Species Outreach Program on Nov. 15.
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Profits over people: Unaffordable drugs led to death of millions
By Nelson Daley | November 18Chinekwu Obidoa hosted a screening for the film “Fire in the Blood,” directed by Dylan Mohan, as part of the African Film Series on Nov. 11. The documentary explores the impact of Western pharmaceutical companies blocking access to affordable antiretroviral drugs that treat HIV and AIDS in developing countries.
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David Davis, whose emails 'you probably get,' speaks with The Cluster
By Nathaniel Jordan | November 17Between checking to see if a professor ever replied, scanning Bear Blurbs or killing a few minutes between classes, Mercer students opening their Outlook inbox over the past decade have seen a slew of newsletters with the following signature: David A. Davis, Ph.D, Director of Fellowships and Scholarships.
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Weldon and Lowery crowned 2025 Homecoming royalty on Saturday
By Gabriel Kopp and Joslyn Hicks | November 15Mercer University crowned Nathan Weldon ‘26 and Callie Lowery ‘26 as Homecoming king and queen at halftime of Mercer’s final home game of the regular season on Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025. Mercer alumni, students and fans from all over came to celebrate Homecoming and cheer on the Bears as they faced the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
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Runners race through campus for Y2K Homecoming 5k
By Gabriel Kopp | November 15Students, professors, alumni and Macon runners gathered Saturday morning for the annual Mercer University Homecoming 5k that circumnavigates campus.
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Students sing into the night at Lip Sync Battle 2025
By Clara Kurczak | November 15Mercer University blasted back to the early 2000s Friday, Nov. 14, 2025 as hundreds of students packed into Tony Auditorium for the annual Lip Sync Battle, one of Mercer’s most beloved Homecoming traditions. With this year’s theme, battlers went all out, sporting low-rise jeans, retro iPods and throwback classics that the crowd chanted, cheered and sang along to.
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Elkins elected to be next Mercer president
By Gabriel Kopp | November 14Penny L. Elkins was announced as Mercer University’s 19th president on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025 in the University Center’s Heritage Hall.
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QuadWorks hosts Hotter Than 2000 fashion show for Homecoming
By Nathaniel Jordan | November 14QuadWorks hosted more than 200 students at the Hotter Than 2000 Fashion Show in Toney Auditorium Thursday at 6 p.m., which matched this year’s Homecoming Y2K theme and coincided with its festivities.
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UPDATE: Shelter-in-place lifted after bomb threat emailed into Mercer
By Gabriel Kopp | November 11An active threat was reported on Mercer's Macon campus at 12:58 p.m. Tuesday, according to an email sent by Mercer Police. In the email, MerPo told students and faculty to shelter in place.
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‘This is like the movies’: Mercer’s Mexico partnership comes full-circle
By Nathaniel Jordan | November 10After four summers of Mercer on Mission trips to Mexico, Mercer University hosted three students and two professors from Universidad Tecnológica de Izúcar de Matamoros for a weeklong cultural exchange last week, Nov. 1-7.
